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Published on Thursday 29 September 2011 17:51
PASSERS-BY are awash with praise after local artists and businesses joined forces to give Bletchley’s famous Sunlight Soap sign a facelight.
The historic advertising sign was painted on the side of the former bathhouse in Albert Street more than 100 years ago.
Over the years the sign became faded and shabby on the now private house.
Owners John and Patricia Hawkins sought the help of local artist Edna Read, who runs Edna Read Associates. Together they persuaded Travis Perkins, B and Q, Neil Jones Scaffolding and city dentist Bola Soyombo to sponsor a facelift. This month artist Sandy Reid-Miller, pictured left, started the restoration work and it now completing the final touches.
Photo and story from: Milton Keynes Citizen, accessed 17 October 2011
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Everything I am, everything I do, everything I wish for, beside God, is thanks to and because of my family, my friends, those people that give me strength, guidance, joy and yet ask for nothing in return. I thank you, I salute you because in the darkest moments, you guyz are my Sunlight.
got up in d morning and saw a beautiful sunlight pattern..plus an empty kur-kure packet lying around too!
so hurried up, got hold of shwet's camera, made use f d packet n came up wid dis..all widin 5 mins f waking up! :)
Port Sunlight is a model village and 'Conservation Area' on the Wirral Peninsula between Lower Bebington and New Ferry. Construction began in 1888; today the village comprises 900 Grade II listed buildings.
Named after the popular brand of "Sunlight Soap", Port Sunlight was built by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) for the employees of Lever Brothers soap factory (now part of Unilever). Lever personally helped to plan the village and employed nearly thirty different architects in its design. Between 1899 and 1914, 800 houses with a population of 3,500 were built, together with allotments and public buildings, including the Lady Lever Art Gallery, a cottage hospital, schools, a concert hall, open air swimming pool, church, and a temperance hotel. Lever also introduced schemes for welfare, education and the entertainment of his workers, and encouraged recreation and organisations which promoted art, literature, science or music.
Port Sunlight Village is delightful to stroll around, and its Lady Lever Art Gallery and nearby Museum are well worth visiting.
This is probably my favourite photo of the day. it's simple, yet beautiful.
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Nikon D300, Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G
One of the many beautiful hoses built by Lord Lever for his workers, at Port Sunlight, where all the soap was made.
113 pictures in 2013.
67 Symmetry.
Day off work? Check. Ice on the garden? Check. Sunlight? Check. Happy macro /sparkle/shiny/raindrop addict? Check. Today's photo achieved despite soaking wet knees due to kneeling on the garden and probabaly weirded out neighbours? Check.
H and I both overslept this morning so it was a mad dash to get ready for school. Luckily we made it there with 1 minute to spare. Phew. Came home, ate breakfast, cleaned downstairs, got my shot, cleaned some more.
I'm about to go and make some lunch now and have a well deserved sit down to recover from the shock of getting so much done on a day off.